Auricularia auricula

Auricularia auricula

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet)

[synonym] maoruoserbu (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the fruiting body of Tremella.

[plant morphology] Auricularia auricula

Basidiocarps are brain shaped, irregularly wrinkled, with narrow base, growing from bark cracks, 3 cm wide and 2 cm high, silvery white or bright orange yellow, gelatinous, shrunk after drying, hard and brittle, but still retain their original shape and color, and are often covered with frost like spores when heated; basidiocarps are pear shaped, 15-19 × 12-16 μ m; spores are nearly spherical to ovate, 8-9 × 6-7 μ M Rice.

It grows on the rotten wood of oak trees in the Sunny Valley of forest area. Distributed in Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] from June to August. Remove sediment impurities and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the mycelium contains β - carotene.

[nature and taste] common Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet: "Gan, Ping. "

[functions and indications] common Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet: "Nourishing Yin, moistening lung, generating body fluid. Treatment of deficiency, cough, hemoptysis, tuberculosis. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-4 yuan.